Revision & Memory: Look Back, Recall More, Remember Better
Help learners remember more by combining short review, retrieval and correction rather than rereading alone.
Worked model: Revision & Memory: Look Back, Recall More, Remember Better
- 1Look back briefly
- 2Close the source
- 3Check and correct
- 4Return later
Science: Use a Frayer-style model for evaporation: define it, sketch it, give a puddle example and distinguish it from boiling.
Teach the move
Prepare · 5 minutes
Use the four steps with a short task from this week’s subject lesson; collect one response from every learner.
- 1
Look back briefly: Review a small set of notes, examples or key terms.
- 2
Close the source: Recall the main idea or answer a short prompt from memory.
- 3
Check and correct: Reopen the source and fix one gap in a different colour.
- 4
Return later: Repeat a short retrieval check after a suitable interval.
EAL upgrade
Keep the subject goal and source intact. Offer one brief model, visual or language prompt, then give learners time to try it independently.
Keep the subject challenge. Offer one model, visual or language prompt where needed, then check a fresh independent response.
Try it tomorrow
Use the four steps with a short task from this week’s subject lesson; collect one response from every learner.
Look back briefly: Review a small set of notes, examples or key terms. Close the source: Recall the main idea or answer a short prompt from memory.
Look for an independent response that shows the subject relationship, not only repetition of the model. Compare it with the task goal and identify the next useful teaching step.
Keep the subject goal and source intact. Offer one brief model, visual or language prompt, then give learners time to try it independently.
What to look for
Look for an independent response that shows the subject relationship, not only repetition of the model. Compare it with the task goal and identify the next useful teaching step.
Teacher language
Adapt these prompts to the task and your learners.
Our purpose is: Help learners remember more by combining short review, retrieval and correction rather than rereading alone.
What helped you make sense of that?” “Show how your evidence supports your answer.
Try the new case on your own. Show the detail or reasoning that supports your answer.
Which support do you still need, and which part can you now do independently?
Across subjects
Maths: Sort examples of equivalent fractions and explain why 2/3 and 4/6 belong together.
Humanities: Compare two sources about migration and name one useful similarity and difference.
English: Build a word network for “isolated” using a quotation, image, synonym and original sentence.
Adjust language support
Use a small word bank, visuals and partner rehearsal when needed. Extend with precise explanations and qualifications. Judge the support from the response to this task.